KRS 418.040 to 418.090 is declared to be remedial; their purpose is to make courts more serviceable to the people by way of settling controversies, and affording relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, duties and relations, and are to be liberally interpreted and administered.
KRS 418.080
Remedial purpose -- Construction
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Bowling v. Kentucky Department of Corrections (2010)
Most recently applied in Bluegrass Pipeline Co. v. Kentuckians United to Restrain Eminent Domain, Inc. (May 2015)
Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky
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Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.